I just wanted to play football, but I became a Hollywood god

The game continues.

The offensive and defensive rhythm of both sides was very fast, and relatively speaking, both sides made more mistakes than in the last duel.

Manchester United is somewhat uncomfortable with Southampton's offensive style after the magic reform.

After all, in the minds of Manchester United players, the only teams that can compete with Manchester United are Arsenal, Chelsea, and Tottenham. Even Liverpool at this stage does not dare to compete with Manchester United. Play defensive counterattacks cautiously and cautiously.

But now Southampton actually dares to rely on a group of little-known young men to fight against them, and the confrontation is very strong and fast.

Especially the center Salah from Egypt. He obviously plays as a center, but he can always run and steal like a defender. This unconventional center style made Manchester United's midfielder and frontcourt a little confused for a while. Therefore, Manchester United's midfield and frontcourt have a lot of mistakes.

On the other hand, the Southampton team could have taken advantage of Manchester United's mistakes in the midfield and frontcourt to seize the opportunity and hit Manchester United with several fatal counterattacks. However, this Southampton team, which had just completed the magic transformation, was not yet ready to adjust. Even if it is too good, the connection between the midfield and the frontcourt is prone to mistakes and problems.

Therefore, both sides made several fatal mistakes in the first 15 minutes, and also wasted several sure-fire opportunities.

However, after all, Manchester United is a veteran team with rich experience in competitions, and it is still headed by Sir Alex Ferguson, so Manchester United quickly took the lead to stabilize its position.

The turning point came in the 17th minute.

After the Manchester United team made continuous passes, Evra, who came up on the left side of the front court, sent a straight ball in a straight line. Giggs resisted the young Henderson and forced the ball to accelerate down!

Van Dijk immediately stepped forward to intercept Giggs!

This is also a showdown between young defenders and veteran wing kings!

Van Dijk is very fast and his defensive movement is very good, almost blocking Giggs' bottom line, and Rudiger in the middle also moves sideways to support the defense.

Faced with such an almost airtight defense, Giggs directly accelerated and changed his line to escape, and took the lead to get through the gap between Van Dijk and Rudiger!

Find every opportunity, this is Giggs' strength!

Giggs loves seams the most!

At this time, the young Van Dijk still looks immature compared to the mature and fox-like Giggs!

However, this king-level duel will definitely accelerate the growth of Van Dijk and Rudiger.

Even though there may be a price to pay!

After Giggs took advantage of every opportunity to get past Van Dijk and Rudiger, he took advantage of Rudiger's loss of position in the middle and had no time to make up for it, so he directly passed the high ball to the weak area at the other end of the penalty area!

Berbatov, who was wandering outside the penalty area, crossed into the weak area of ​​the penalty area like a ghost at some point, and then faced Giggs' long pass across the penalty area. His chest stopped elegantly, and then he volleyed sideways. Near corner of goal.

This ball was played so easily and freely.

The attacking rhythm in the front was very open and close, but suddenly Giggs' style became extremely chic after a high-altitude pass.

Southampton's defensive players had no time to react!

Davis only focused on defending Rooney who was attacking in the middle and Nani who was ready to dive at any time. He did not realize that Berbatov had already got the ball and shot!

By the time Davis made the save, it was already too late!

The football hits the net!

The Red Devils fans in the stands of Wembley Stadium were instantly excited!

Ferguson, who was sitting on the bench, couldn't help but excitedly clenched his fists and cheered in celebration!

This goal led Ferguson to feel as happy as if he had scored a goal for Barcelona!

Manchester United's players gathered around Berbatov to celebrate, but Berbatov pressed his palms to indicate that such an unexciting goal was not worth celebrating at all.

On the two big screens at Wembley Stadium, the score was rewritten as Southampton 0:1 Manchester United. Southampton's players shook their heads and sighed helplessly.

I have to say that Manchester United's attack was really well coordinated.

The Manchester United team with Giggs and Berbatov is their true strength.

The game continues.

Southampton stepped up its pressing in the midfield.

As a center, Salah continues to frequently drop back to steal, causing trouble for Manchester United's offense.

Centers have also retreated before, but Salah is different. Other centers' retreats are at best to support or steal, but Salah has played as a defender since he was a child, and his ability to intercept, steal and block positions is very solid. .

Salah's presence on the court is equivalent to Southampton having an extra defender in the frontcourt. When attacking, Salah is the center, and when defending, Salah is equivalent to the defender in front.

This style also greatly liberated Gu Ran, allowing him to move around more freely.

Although in the first half of the game, Gu Ran did not have any special breakthrough performance except for a few fatal penetrations and passes, the pressure on Gu Ran has been reduced a lot. He no longer has to worry about everything and can concentrate on of walking the dog.

This time, in order to restrict Gu Ran, Ferguson specially sent Park Ji-sung and Carrick to keep an eye on Gu Ran throughout the whole process. Ferguson's intention was very obvious, which was to exchange two for one.

This strategy seems to be a loss, but as long as the two-for-one can be successful, it will definitely make a lot of money for Manchester United.

but……

The Southampton team after the magic reform is obviously no longer the Southampton team that could only rely entirely on Gu Ran. Although Salah, Van Dijk and others are still young and immature, they have been able to greatly share the burden of Gu Ran. It plays the role of the three areas in the middle and front.

Moreover, Gu Ran was obviously still conserving his energy and was not in a hurry to explode.

At this time, Ferguson's strategy of using Carrick and Park Ji-sung to replace Gu Ran, who did not use his full strength, was tantamount to failure.

At the 25th minute of the game, Park Ji-sung, who is known as having three lungs, was once again unable to keep up with Gu Ran, let alone Carrick.

Gu Ran continued to sprint repeatedly at high speed, consuming Park Ji-sung and Carrick's physical energy.

In the 28th minute of the game, Rooney received a pass from Evra and fired a heavy shot from outside the penalty area.

Davis jumped high and escaped after the first shot. He fell down on the second shot and took the ball into his arms before Berbatov stepped in like a ghost to make a follow-up shot.

At the same time that Davis made a successful save, Gu Ran immediately started at high speed from the crowded backcourt!

Davis immediately understood and threw the ball directly to the half-court line!

After Gu Ran got the ball, he accelerated like crazy and sprinted!

Salah, Chamberlain, and Lallana followed behind to provide support!

Southampton's counterattack is coming!

...(End of chapter)